African Americans

Did recent research show chemicals in foods are making young men in the U.S. gay? And does this happen especially in the African American community? No, that's not true: a clickbait website used two pieces of unrelated research to spin a frightening tale but none of the quoted studies in the article are even about sexual preference (or even about…

Did the American Civil War start because southern states were angry because of the Morrill tariff enacted by President Abraham LIncoln and not because of a fight to preserve the institition of slavery? No, that's not true: The Morrill tariff was passed by congress AFTER seven states already seceded from the Union and BEFORE Lincoln was sworn in as president.…

Did a "Muslim Figure" demand pork-free menus and did she threaten to leave the U.S. if the request wasn't complied with? No, that's not true: the story has been repeated over and over again by dozens of websites using pictures of several different muslim women but none of them have made this demand. The article seems to be mostly used…

Was an NSA agent by the name of Hillary Wang charged after 16 million "dick pics" were found on her computer during a raid at her house? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a Canadian entertainment website specializing in invented tales about bizarre crimes and weird sex acts. The story was not real. The story originated…

Did President Donald Trump issue an executive order diverting the funding for Obama's presidential library to the Veteran's Administration? No, that's not true: the story was made up by a liberal satire website that tries to trick conservatives and Trump supporters into sharing fake news so fans of the site can then mock them for it and possibly teach them…

Was a man named Sam Kazemi arrested by Nairobi police in Kenya for selling human meat in a butchery with the bizarre name "Biological Resource Center"? No, that's not true: a fake news website which was launched only a few days ago used an old Reuters story to cobble together a fake news report, it is not real. The story…

Did the Smithsonian Museum just offer a $5 'apology discount' to black people as a form of voluntary reparations? No: African-Americans will have to pay the regular admission price, just like everybody else. And since that price is zero already it means they won't have to pay a thing... The story about the discount (in the form of $5 gift…

And here's the next fake/satire story copied (archive) by "real" fake news site Conservative Stamp: "BREAKING: Busload Of Blacks From 3 States Drove To Alabama To Vote Illegally". The article opened: As you have probably heard, some blacks care so much about democracy that they openly planned to stack the vote against Roy Moore in Alabama by committing voter fraud…

Fake news website news.states-tv.com posted a story titled: "VISA-FREE: European Parliament votes to grant visa-free travel for South Africans". The story implies that South African citizens can now travel visa free to the European Union after a vote from the European Parliament: The European Parliament has voted to grant visa-free travel for South Africans within the EU. The vote urges…